Improvement in apparatus for shaping pantaloons



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Apbarat-us for yShaping Pantalonns. No 162 97,7, 4 Patente-d May4,1875.

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Apparatus for Shaping Pantaloonm No. 162,977, Patented May4,1875.

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IMPROVEMENT IN 'APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PANTALOONS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,977, dated May 4,1875 g applic-ation iiled April 29, 1875.

To' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN B. VIETS, of

Boston, of the county of Suffolk and State of of it. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section taken through one of such leg portions of theformer. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section ofthe apparatus. Fig. 4 is atransverse section of it. Fig. 5 is an inner-side view of one of the legportions.

My invention relates to pantaloon Shapers or formers; and consists inthe combination of steam-inducts and drying-pipes with two chambered andperforated leg portions of a pantaloon-former, as hereinafter described;also, in a series of crotch-pieces, combined with the chambered legportions, constructed as hereinafter set forth; also, in the combinationof separate extensile caps or covers with the main chambered legportions, as speciied; also, in movable instep portions or parts,toothed or grooved on their outer surfaces; also, in an elastic presseror jacket of india rubber, combined with each of the two main portionsof 4the pantaloon former, as hereinafter explained.

In these drawings, the pantaloon Shaper or former is represented ascomposed of two main leg and body portions, X Y, consisting of foursections or parts, A B A' B', they being chambered. Between the twoparts A and B, and also between the two parts A' B', there is one of twowedges, G, for pressing the two asunder vertically. The part B' projectsfrom the top of a vertical post or standard, D, erected on a base, E. Inthe rear of the standard D is another standard, F, provided' with thebeveled feet to go between guides G G. 'Ihe standard F supports twoshort pipes, H

H, and two long ones, I I, which go through it, and extend within thechambers of the apparatus. The longer pipes. are closed at their innerends, but the shorter ones are open at theirs, and are for theintroduction of steam from a generator or boiler into the two mainportions of the apparatus, each of such portions being perforated withnumerous holes, to enable the steam to pass through such holes to thegarment or pantaloons when stretched on such apparatus. The longer pipesare the driers, they being for heating, by steam let linto them, the airwithin the chambers of the apparatus, in order to effect the dryingofthe pantaloons after the steaming of them may have been accomplished.There is to each chambered leg portion, X or Y, a removable instep part,N, which is also perforated, and is grooved transversely, or providedwith transverse sharp ribs like file-teeth, such being to enable it totake a rm hold of the pantaloon-leg when drawn upon it. Acover, X,extensile or contractile, longitudinally caps the outer end of each legportion, X or Y, such cover being composed of two parts, a b, lapped onone another, and connected by a set-screw, c, provided with a nut, d.The screw projects from one part and through a Slot in the other. One ofthese end-covers is shown intop view in Fig. 6, in bottom view in Fig.7, and in longitudinal section in Fig. 8. Lips e e project from each ofthe parts B B', and lap no the next adjacent part A or A', so as tobreak or cover the joints between the two. Each main portion, X or Y, ofthe apparatus is provided with an elastic cover, jacket, or presser, L,of india rubber, it being to encompass tightly the pantaloon-leg andbody part connected therewith, after being drawn upon the said mainportion X or Y. Fig. 9 is an inner-side view of the presser L, asapplied to the main portion X. The presser extends around the portion X,is lapped upon itself, and secured together by buttons and buttonholes,or by hooks or pointed pins h h. Its purpose is to keep down the nap ofthe cloth and preserve the finish thereof. The main portion X isprovided with a lip, i, at the back, to overlap the joint between suchand the back of the other portion, Y. It also has two tenons, k 7s,extended from it, as shown, to enter corresponding holes in the otherportion. When in conjunction with the other main portion, or that iixedto the Stationary post, the movable main portion rests on the top of thesaid post.. Between the body parts of the two main portions X Y are twocrotch or lap pieces, lm, shaped as shown in Figs. 10 and l1. They areto fill the space between the body parts of the two main portions, andbreak or cover the joints of the two parts.

I do not herein claim the combination of one or more crotch-pieces withmain leg porions not chambered to receive steam or heat;

I claim- 1. The combination of the steam-inducts H and the drying-pipesI I with the pantaloonformer or main leg` portions X Y, composed ot' thechambered parts A A B B', arranged as shown.

2. The series of crotch-pieces lm, in combination with thepantaloon-former, the parts A A B B', chambered and applied together asdescribed.

3. The combination of separate extensile covers K K, substantially asdescribed, with the chambered parts A A B B of the pantaloon-former.

4. The removable instep-pieces N, toothed or grooved on their uppersurfaces, as described.

5. An elastic presser or jacket, L, in combination with each of thechambered main portions X Y of the former, for steaming and shapingpantaloons.

E. B. VIETS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

